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The Flat (Book 4 of Nanima Series): Paperboy (Chapters 1 to 2)

Here is the beginning of The Flat (Book 4 of the Nanima Series).

PAPERBOY

Chapter 1: Happy Dreams

“Happy dreams,” said Luna as he opened the bedroom door for Iggy to enter. 

“Sleep well,” said Maliyan as she headed for the bathroom. 

“I will,” said Luna. “The night is so quiet at your house that I feel like I’m in a cocoon.”

He was used to the hustle and bustle, traffic and horns, yelling and late-night laughing of inner-city life.

At the end of his Christmas holiday break, Luna was ready to tell Maliyan that he never left for the northern city and was still in the southern one near her. When he initially decided to move back north, he gave notice on his flat. By the time he decided that he was no longer going, his flat had been leased to someone else, so he was homeless. Maliyan offered him her spare room, assuming he wouldn’t take it. He did take it. The last time they lived together was summer, two years ago, in Nanima, in the shophouse of Luna Tiks.

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Foxie: the Contact Child—Cha Chu Pani

A novel by Donna Goddard and her granddaughter, Aisha Bailey,written for 7 to 12-year-olds. Together, they draw on imagination, family stories, and the beauty of life — both the mundane and the extraordinary — to create tales for children.

Foxie is no ordinary child. She comes from Cha Chu Pani, a peaceful world where children grow in glowing bubbles, creatures live in harmony, and everyone communicates through thoughts. As a hybrid Contact Child, her first solo mission is a big one — Earth.

After a secret night landing in Tanglewood, Foxie is taken in by Aunty Em and Uncle Harry, who believe she’s simply a lost girl with no memory. But Foxie knows exactly who she is…

Earth brings many surprises: new foods, strange customs, powerful emotions, and a maddening foster girl named Maddie.

A magical, uplifting adventure about understanding, listening, courage, love, and seeing Earth through new eyes.

Chapter 1: Cha Chu Pani

My name is Foxie, and I come from a long way away. A very long way away. Much farther than you’ve ever imagined. 

My planet is called Cha Chu Pani. In our language, cha means one, chu means two, and pani means dancer. Cha Chu Pani has a twin planet, and we cha-cha around each other like two dancers. A year is longer here than on Earth. It takes us 454 days to get around our sun. It only takes you 365 days…

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The Secret Battle

This section in Faith (Book 4 of the Waldmeer Series) came from a detailed dream.

Faith was in a type of battle. At one critical point, she decided that she must venture on alone. Knowing that her friends would be unwilling to return to safety without her, she told them they must take the children to safety and that she would return soon. She also told them she would use the magic golden armour she possessed. While wearing it, she could not be hurt. Reluctantly, her friends agreed and let her go on alone. 

When Faith arrived at the edge of the space where she would face the enemy, she felt the armour was terribly heavy and cumbersome. She didn’t want to wear it, but she would be completely vulnerable without it. A group of little birds arrived. They were very similar to the sweet ones that always accompanied Mullum-Mullum. They told her that wearing the magic protective armour would do more harm than good. 

“Take it off, take it off,” the little birds repeated. 

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Sonder (Book 3 of Nanima Series) has Been Published!

Sonder (Book 3 of Nanima Series) has now been published! It is available as an e-book and paperback, and the audiobook will soon be published.

When you are closest to making a breakthrough in your personal growth, your fear throws up the greatest intensity. It will do whatever it can to deter you from moving ahead. That is the nature of human consciousness and growth. If you succumb to its frightening and treacherous threats, pick yourself up and try again. With perseverance, your fear will exit the scene, and you will be standing in a sparkling new world. The problems encountered by those closest to Maliyan intensify as their paths intertwine more densely and their individual journeys traverse sinuous inner terrain. The rhythm and beauty of the natural environment around them comforts and pushes them ever onwards.—Sonder

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The Waldmeer Series is Now Available in 3 Convenient Combined Paperbacks

The 7-book Waldmeer Series: A Spiritual Fiction Series is now available in 3 convenient combined paperbacks (each one containing several books).

Don’t think a spiritual series pussyfoots around life. On the contrary, it looks at life and people honestly. What would be the point of a spiritual path if it didn’t understand the nature of life? It knows the problems. It also has some answers, but those answers can only be seen by those who are aching to see them.

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Goodwood (Book 2 of the Riverland Series) is now Available!

My young co-author and I are happy to let you know that the next book in our children’s fiction series, Goodwood (Book 2 of the Riverland Series), has been published!

The Riverland Series is for 6 to 9-year-olds and their young-at-heart old folk. It is based on things that happened in our family over two generations. We would love to share Nannie’s Nest, Moon Hill, the Rock King, the Dividing Lines, Goodwood and, of course, Riverland with you and your family.

  1. Riverland (Book 1 of the Riverland Series): “I wasn’t the first one in my family to visit Riverland. The first one was Uncle Tim. He was five and went there because of his dog. Many years later, I also went when I was five because of my dog. Since then, a lot has happened in Nannie’s Nest.”
  2. Goodwood (Book 2 of the Riverland Series): “I bang my magic staff on the ground and say: I am strong, I have all the help I need, I am safe, I can deal with problems, I am loved, I get bright ideas, I make the world a better place, I am happy, I glow with moonbeam light.”

“I gave Nannie ideas for this series and told her what I liked and didn’t like. Also, as you can see from the pictures, we did the things in the story. Nannie said that the most helpful thing I did was to be myself. It’s hard when you try to be someone that you aren’t. But being yourself is the easiest thing in the world because you are already it!”

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Practice is the Path

Not only is most of humanity not awake nor aware, but they do not even realise it is possible. However, our greatest gift as humans is that we can be conscious and live life with awareness. We have a choice, and what a blessing that is to our life. Consciousness is the path to alleviating every problem. When issues come our way, we will know how to receive the right ideas for dealing with those problems most effectively. Suffering will be hugely reduced until it is, one day, eliminated. Practise seeing yourself as being awake in all the various situations of your life. Practice is the path to eventual mastery.